9.6.00 enhancements
This topic contains information about enhancements in version 9.6.00 of the BMC PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server product and provides instructions for downloading the installation files.
Tip
For information about issues corrected in this release, see Known and corrected issues.
Enhancements
Monitoring remote environments
The BMC PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server product provides remote monitoring of SQL Servers. The primary focus of PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server is to monitor remote hosts, which hold multiple SQL Server instances.
Monitoring perfmons
With the MSSQL_SERVER_PERFMON application classes, you can monitor Microsoft Performance Monitor counters. See, Configuring perfmons for more information.
Monitoring Custom SQL queries
BMC PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server supports custom query configuration to fetch specific information about the query. See Configuring custom SQL queries for more information.
Support for monitoring clustered environments
PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server monitors SQL Servers in a clustered environment. See Monitoring SQL Server failover cluster environment for more information.
Updates
BMC PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server 9.6.00 provides the following updates:
Tracking ID * | Updates |
|---|---|
| QM001690825 | Metrics added to monitor query timeout and blocking issue. |
| QM001696020 | Option added to filter MS SQL Agent jobs for filtering. For filtering options, see Environment configuration dialog box. |
| QM001698014 | Parameter added to indicate the amount of time elapsed since the last back up |
| QM001699659 | Enhancement added to view the desired cluster node in the SQL instance without opening the InfoBox. |
| QM001706993 | Option added to support monitoring of SQL Agent hung jobs. |
| QM001711393 | Updated the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server documentation to align performance counters with PATROL counters. |
| QM001726252 | Updated the following for Enhanced the recovery action to run on consecutive alarm polls and send new corresponding events with updated annotation details. |
| QM001727718 | Updated the |
| QM001732473 | Option added to delete a monitored database. |
| QM001739176 | Enhanced the instance name field to allow regular expressions for all types of rules. |
| QM001740758 | Updated the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server KM to support MS SQL Workgroup edition. |
| QM001748012 | Updated the |
| QM001757699 | Enhanced the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server KM to support monitoring of Log Shipping when a database is in a restoring state. |
| QM001765905 | Option added for removing an SQL instance. |
| QM001768910 | Enhanced the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server KM to support remote monitoring and external cluster agent capabilities. |
| QM001781918 | Enhanced the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server KM to configure a cluster environment with multiple instances using PATROL Configuration Manager. |
| QM001791558 | Added database backup parameters in PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server KM. |
| QM001791575 | Added the parameter which reports the time (in seconds) for which the instance has been up and running. |
| QM001829644 | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 support added for PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server 9.6.00 |
| QM001829964 | Added the parameter which alarms when |
| QM001849508 | Enhanced the KM to disable monitoring of disabled SQL Agent jobs using the |
| QM001858525 | Enhanced the PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server to generate alarms when there is a change in the monitoring user password. See SQL Connection Status (SQLConnectionStatus) parameter for more information. |
QM001791560 | Added the following database parameters to enhance the database monitoring. |
QM001789966, QM001769123 | Log monitoring feature was removed from PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server v9.6.00. Since this version, Log Management KM can be used to monitor log files. |
| QM001823624 | In PATROL for MSSQL Server, monitoring of |
QM001789060 | Enhanced the KM to filter MS SQL Agent jobs for multiple instances on the environment level. |
| Community Idea- 5371 | Enhanced the KM to enable SQL Agent monitoring. For more information, see MS SQL Server Agent Health (MSSQL_SERVER_AGENT_HEALTH) and MS SQL Server Agent Statistics (MSSQL_SERVER_ AGENT_CONTAINER) application classes. |
| Community Idea- 2224 | Enhanced the KM to support Pending Recovery and Emergency states of a database. |
| Community Idea- 2684 | Enhancement added to support 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the KM on a 64-bit operating system. |
| Community Idea-2716 | Enhancement added to the |
* RFEs (Request For Enhancements) submitted directly or through a support representative, are tracked using 'QM' numbers, whereas RFEs directly submitted on
BMC Communities
are marked as Community Ideas.
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